Jewish leaders everywhere called on followers to offer their support to the Muslim community right now:

Many have:

The Archbishop of Canterbury urged all Christians to do the same:

Which they also have:

Andrew Graystone of Birmingham, England, said, “We can respond to these things with either fear or with friendship so I thought I would go to my local mosque and make it clear I saw the people there as friends.” The 57-year-old stood outside the Madina Mosque with a handwritten sign reading: “You are my friends. I will keep watch while you pray.”

Meanwhile, US politicians issued messages of condolence. US senator Marco Rubio called the attack “pure evil.” President Donald Trump gave his “warmest sympathy and best wishes” to “the people of New Zealand.” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders offered “thoughts and prayers.”

Many online expressed frustration with such generic platitudes and called for something more from political leaders:

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